Low maintenance - Socks, fleece, something else?

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Thank you. I've seen pictures of yous as well and it's amazing. Great work. Have you noticed improved color since you removed your skimmer?
 




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Thank you. I've seen pictures of yous as well and it's amazing. Great work. Have you noticed improved color since you removed your skimmer?

What a beautiful tank you have there. Wow

I feel my corals got plumper and brighter but it happened over time so I can’t fully credit skimmer removal. Definitely nothing bad happened

And thank you! I just took pics now. Evening lighting is my favorite time to enjoy the tank

Basically zero maintenance on this tank over the last 2 years it’s all self sustaining filtration and parameters
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Pick two contrasting color babies and start with that and you can have something amazing in 6 - 8 months

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Even just two can be stunning!
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Then I recently added two more

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Definitely inspiration we’ll be walking into reefapalooza with lol.. as they grow do you have to cut back.. do they compete with one another as they grow for space?
 
Definitely inspiration we’ll be walking into reefapalooza with lol.. as they grow do you have to cut back.. do they compete with one another as they grow for space?

They don’t compete and I haven’t trimmed back at all. If you look at the shelf in early pics there are frag holes all over it. I left a space empty to allow for growth. If needed I can trim branches off down the line or move to a different hole.

In 1 year the knicks went from 1 head to 4, and the grail went from 1 to 6
 
I put in one of these fleece rollers. It has significantly reduced the build up in the protein skimmer, in fact I could actually go up to a month now between cleaning of the skimmer. Previously the skimmer would be full at the two week point.

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Best way to extend periods between cleaning / emptying of the skimmer is to unplug it. Over a year now and still haven’t had to clean it !
 
I feel my corals got plumper and brighter but it happened over time so I can’t fully credit skimmer removal. Definitely nothing bad happened
I don't think it was from removing the skimmer, but from the pod larva that was no longer being removed from the system. The coral now had access to live food on a regular basis. The first week when I moved my coral to the system pictured in my other post all my coral lost a significant amout of color. I was thinking what have I done. Since that time the color is returning. They look good but are still dull compared to how they looked in my 710 with a similar system. In that same time the pod population took off. It could be coincidence, but I'm thinking it could be connected. This is my refugium.
 

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Anemone Color change over 7 years without skimmer. 2017,mar 2018, Sept 2018 and 2023.
 

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Mesh socks are what I use.
All live rock. Only uglies will be on the glass until the coralline takes over.
A diverse cleanup crew will keep the rocks clean.
150lbs and im at day 15.
Have a plan and keep it simple.
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Nice, where's the rock from?
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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